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BOOKS -- Jill Lepore adds a Pulitzer to her laurels, but she's nowhere near ready to rest -- The Harvard and New Yorker superstar who never planned to become a historian is driven, above all, by a relentless curiosity.

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TV CRITICS CORNER -- New PBS documentary captures 'Rebel' W.E.B. Du Bois in all his complexity -- The documentary airs as part of the PBS series "American Masters" on Tuesday night.

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Suddenly it's (almost) summer. Here are 10 new shows to watch on TV.

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'The Sheep Detectives' is a lamb good movie

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From RAYE, a towering voice and room-filling charm at MGM Music Hall at Fenway

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When is an orchestra not an orchestra? By any label, Handel and Haydn's ensemble shined at Old South Church. In a rare visit to the historic site, H+H Orchestra brought fresh intimacy to Bach and Telemann.

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Felicity Lott, elegant soprano in opera and song, dies at 79 - "She disappears inside whatever she is singing," a Boston Globe reviewer recounted.

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TV CRITIC'S CORNER -- PBS gears up for the 250th with a rebroadcast of 'The American Revolution' -- The network will also re-air some of its other programming that touches on American history, particularly around the Revolutionary War.

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Guitar gurus Joe Satriani and Steve Vai unite as the SATCHVAI Band -- The lifelong friends, who have united for the first time as bandmates and co-songwriters, will perform at Leader Bank Pavilion Wednesday.

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your tv gps - This week's TV: A Wanda Sykes comedy special, Tatiana Maslany in 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,' and more - Plus, a new animated comedy from the makers of "Big Mouth."

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Judith Barnard, of best-selling 'Judith Michael' fame, dies at 94 -- Ms. Barnard and her husband, Michael Fain, tossed aside their careers to form a writing partnership that cranked out a series of commercially successful novels.

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La CASA opens its doors with a weekend of bomba, salsa, and art

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Adults relive the camaraderie of youth at band camps for grown-ups

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'SNL': Will Ferrell hosts season finale, Paul McCartney performs

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The best local book events this week

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Author Ann Patchett urges a 'breath' for books as PEN gala raises $2M amid ban surge

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Koji Suzuki, sometimes called the Stephen King of Japan, dies at 68

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Mural being painted in Nashua's Renaissance Park features nod to city's French-Canadian heritage

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Smithsonian adds back impeachment language to label on Trump portrait

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The quiet man whose comic strips spoke to and for a generation

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Drake's 'Nothing Was the Same' is the album that changed my life

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Inside the 'Lincoln' symphony that Philip Glass pulled from Trump's Kennedy Center

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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Five new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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Claire Maurier, the narcissistic mother in '400 Blows,' dies at 97

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Maria Menounos opens up about her brain tumor, cancer, diabetes diagnosis, and her mission to help others

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Clarence Carter, soul singer known for 'Patches' and 'Strokin',' dies at 90

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A gripping update to Greek tragedy in Huntington's 'Oedipus El Rey'

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